For some reason my Send/Receive command is missing? I setup my account, the test worked FINE I guess, and whenever I send a message, it just sits in the outbox and is never sent. Thunderbird has no trouble with this, but I would prefer Outlook. Any idea why this isn't working?!

FlameI find that SENDING mail from Outlook is a silly two step process. At least, that's the way my system is working now. If I create a new message and click on Send, it just sits there in the Outbox, just as yours does. Then, if I click on Tools, Send/Receive, and Send All, the mail actually gets sent. Well, Flame, did your fire burn out? Did my comments help or not?Well, we have the same issue with the mail just sitting there, but the Send/Recieve button is not displaying.

FlameYou don't have Send/Receive, under Tools (on the main menu)? I believe it's a standard part of the menu structure.

I just tried sending a test message from Outlook 2003 on a different computer and it went immediately upon completing the message and clicking on Send. As I PREVIOUSLY mentioned, on my own/main computer, I have to click on Send/Receive, under Tools to get mail to leave the Outbox.

I don't know the reason for this inconsistency between computers. I would guess it must be something in email account settings in Outllook. I think I may try getting an answer from an Outlook newsgroup on this, if I can find one.Ok, how weird is this... I see the Send Recieve -> All. I click on it once, and it disappears! I can't access it again unless I restart it...

FlameI have learned why I had to click on Tools, Send/Receive, Send All, to MAKE my messages go out. I've changed a setting and now a new message is sent immediately upon completing the message and clicking on Send.

The setting is found via Tools, Options, then the Mail Setup tab. I checked the box for "Send immediately when connected". That did it.Button still disappears...

FlameClearing a spontaneously disappearing button is not an intended Microsoft design feature. Therefore either your Outlook installation is broken (try repairing it) or your computer is infected in some way.probably a bad installation. Never had this problem on the other computer...

FlameCould it be worms?Doubt it. Got Microsoft AntiSpy, Norton, and ZoneAlarm working live.

FlameI remember Fed saying in the past that you or your mom had worms. That's true GX1_Man, perhaps she sent her worms to Flame.That was her old computer, which later and somewhat recently had motherboard failure. It's all over LOL I've never heard of a bug myself which disables Send/Receive

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